From the Beginning (box set)


From the Beginning is a box set which presents aural and visual documentation celebrating Emerson, Lake & Palmer's career; consisting of five discs that include a number of single b-sides, significant live recordings, alternative studio mixes and material taken from band rehearsals, plus a bonus DVD featuring 'The Manticore Years' documentary, presented in a deluxe book-style sleeve complete with a 60-page picture booklet containing extensive sleeve notes by the band discussing the ELP years. It also contains rare and previously unseen photographs and images.

Track listing

Disc one

The 2012 reissue omits the first track. Its addition was done without permission from the rights holder, Discipline Global Mobile.
  1. "Epitaph" – King Crimson – 8:45
  2. "Decline and Fall" – Atomic Rooster – 5:47
  3. "Fantasia: Intermezzo Karelia Suite" – The Nice – 8:51
  4. "Lucky Man" – 4:38
  5. "Tank" – 6:48
  6. "Take a Pebble" – 12:28
  7. "The Barbarian" – 5:20
  8. "Knife-Edge" – 8:01
  9. "Rondo" – 18:18

    Disc two

  10. "Tarkus" – 20:40
  11. :a) "Eruption"
  12. :b) "Stones of Years"
  13. :c) "Iconoclast"
  14. :d) "Mass"
  15. :e) "Manticore"
  16. :f) "The Battlefield"
  17. :g) "Aquatarkus"
  18. "Bitches Crystal" – 3:54
  19. "A Time and a Place" – 3:55
  20. "Oh, My Father" – 2:58
  21. "The Endless Enigma " – 4:04
  22. "Fugue" – 4:54
  23. "The Endless Enigma " – 2:00
  24. "From the Beginning" – 4:13
  25. "Trilogy" – 8:52
  26. "Abbadon's Bolero" – 8:07
  27. "Hoedown" – 3:54
  28. "Jerusalem" – 2:54
  29. "Still...You Turn Me On" – 2:51
  30. "When the Apple Blossoms" – 3:56

    Disc three

  31. "Karn Evil 9" – 29:42
  32. :a) "1st Impression Pt.1"
  33. :b) "1st Impression Pt.2"
  34. :c) "2nd Impression"
  35. :d) "3rd Impression"
  36. "Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff" – 5:03
  37. "C'est la Vie " – 4:16
  38. "I Believe in Father Christmas" – 3:29
  39. "The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits" – 3:20
  40. "Piano Concerto No.1" – 18:25
  41. #First Movement: "Allegro Giocoso"
  42. #Second Movement: "Andante Molto Cantabile"
  43. #Third Movement: "Toccata Con Fuoco"
  44. "Pirates " – 13:23

    Disc four

  45. "Aaron Copland Interview 1977" – 1:37
  46. "Fanfare for the Common Man" – 9:42
  47. "Honky Tonk Train Blues" – 3:09
  48. "Tiger in a Spotlight" – 4:33
  49. "Watching Over You" – 3:54
  50. "Introductory Fanfare/Peter Gunn Theme " – 4:26
  51. "Canario " – 3:57
  52. "Mars – The Bringer of War" – 7:54
  53. "Desede La Vida" – 7:06
  54. #"Desede La Vida"
  55. #"LaVista"
  56. #"Sangre De Toro"
  57. "Black Moon " – 4:47
  58. "Footprints in the Snow" – 3:51
  59. "Romeo and Juliet " – 3:32
  60. "Man in the Long Black Coat" – 4:12
  61. "Daddy" – 4:42
  62. "Hang on to a Dream" – 4:28
  63. "Touch and Go" – 3:53

    Disc five

  64. "Hoedown" – 4:18
  65. "Tarkus" – 22:33
  66. :a) "Eruption"
  67. :b) "Stones of Years"
  68. :c) "Iconoclast"
  69. :d) "Mass"
  70. :e) "Manticore"
  71. :f) "The Battlefield"
  72. :g) "Aquatarkus"
  73. "Take a Pebble" – 4:36
  74. "Lucky Man" – 3:00
  75. "Piano Improvisation - 'Take a Pebble' conclusion" – 9:44
  76. "Pictures at an Exhibition" – 14:39
  77. :a) "Promenade"
  78. :b) "The Gnome"
  79. :c) "Promenade – Vocal"
  80. :d) "The Hut of Baba Yaga"
  81. :e) "The Great Gates of Kiev"
  82. "Rondo" – 18:29

    Disc six